Observant readers contacted me in September about a humdrum article detailing what the District Seven and Eleven supervisors brought back from theaddback budget process over the summer.

An item that listed $50,000 for cultural events in Chinatown under District Seven raised the question: Did Supervisor Norman Yee allocate funds to another district?

A query to Budget Committee Chair Supervisor Mark Farrell’s office returned this answer: Yes. “It’s as plain as day,” Farrell’s Legislative Aide Jess Montejano said. “Some supervisors spend all of their add-back in their district. Some don’t.”

It’s true. District Ten Supervisor Malia Cohen allocated funds to the Ocean View. In a district where a worn out complaint is about property owners being the city’s credit card, it doesn’t look good.

Supervisor Yee said he supported the item as a city-wide request along with other supervisors and that the Asian Pacific Islander Council had advocated to them all for it.

“My office provided a list of asks at the beginning of the process and this particular one was listed as city-wide ask and we continued to ask Farrell to move that ask to city-wide throughout the budget process,” Yee said. “It’s obvious that some supervisors are more careful in submitting info to the Controller than others.”

The $50,000 in question is going tothe Office of Economic and Workforce Development for a matching grant program enabling the Chinese Culture Center, according to spokesperson Gloria Chan. It will fund this year’s Dancing on Waverly and the Chinatown Music Festival. (I’ll see you there — and then Washington Bakery & Restaurant!) OEWD has data showing District Seven has a high percentage of residents who frequent Chinatown.

When asked if he could or would relay what his connection to the nonprofit CCC is, Yee made no comment.

A cross-check of CCC’s board of directors and staff directory to campaign records show that five board members and one employee contributed a total $1,650 to Yee’s reelection campaign — and contributed to no other candidates. Of the six, three live in San Francisco. CCC co-chair Gin Y. Ho, a financial adviser at CTBC Bank who lives in San Jose, contributed the maximum $500. Board member Helen Hui, an attorney who lives outside District Seven, contributed $100. Board member Thomas Klitgaard, a partner in the law firm Dillingham & Murphy, LLP who lives outside District Seven, contributed the maximum $500. Board member Warren Seeto, a real estate developer, contributed $350. Board member Garry Wong, a vice president with HSBC who lies in Oakland, contributed $100. CCC employee Darin Ow-Wing of Alameda contributed $100.